JUNIOR DRAUGTHSMAN - DURBAN

E2E Staffing

  • Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 15 days ago
Reports to Engineering ManagerJob PurposeTo provide support, back-up and assistance to the product Design and Development, by producing detailed engineering drawings and designs whenrequired.Duties and Responsibilities, but not limited to:Design & Development:To produce accurate ‘production ready’ drawings of products and help the Design & Development Department in its daily operations
  • Gaining an understanding of the scope and requirements of each product and/or project.
  • Calculating dimensions, weight limitations and requirements in products/materials.
  • Creating detailed drawings/designs with computer-aided design (CAD) software.
  • Preparing rough sketches and reviewing them along with the engineer and/or engineering team.
  • Maintenance and development of drawing library
  • Identifying potential operational issues and redesign products to improve functionality.
  • Assisting in day-to-day department operations when necessary.
  • Carrying out the drafting requirements for new or existing products/projects
  • Preparing technical drawings and plans to be used in the production and installation of security products.
  • Drafting plans and detailed drawings for the installation of products.
Communication:To liaise and keep all relevant stakeholders updated and informed in terms of progress of the design drafts and drawings.
  • Liaising with engineer/s and relevant stakeholders to gather product and structural
  • requirements and designs.
  • Providing ongoing feedback to stakeholders, ensuring they are continuously updated on the drafting of product designs.
  • Clearly communicating the existence of any variations or amendments as and when they occur.
Compliance:To ensure that all designs comply to the company’s standards.
  • Checking for each product’s compliance requirements and quality standards.
  • Ensuring drawings supplied are informative and not misleading.
  • Assisting with obtaining customer approval on drawings.
  • Coordinating revisions based on design changes.
  • Reviewing rough sketches, drawings, specifications, and other engineering data to ensure that they conform to design concepts.
Documentation:To accurately document the operation, features and maintenance of product designs. To ensure such documentation is securely stored but accessible to the relevant parties.
  • Defining and documenting production methods step-by-step.
  • Creating manuals that describe existing products’ operation, features, installation methods and maintenance.
  • Updating and maintaining drawing registers.
Behavioural OutputsContributing to Team Success
  • Actively participates as a member of a team to move the team toward the completion of team goals;
  • Facilitates team goal accomplishment;
  • Listens and fully involves others in team decisions and actions;
  • Values and uses individual differences and talents;
  • Shares important or relevant information with the team;
  • Adheres to the team's expectations and guidelines;
  • Demonstrates personal commitment to the team;
Attention to Detail
  • Accurately and carefully follows established procedures for completing tasks;
  • Shows concern for all aspects of the job to ensure that the results are free from errors, omissions, and defects;
  • Initiates action to correct problems or notifies others of issues as appropriate;
  • Building Strategic Working Relationships
  • Seeks opportunities to proactively build effective working relationships with other people;
  • Probes for and provides information to clarify situations;
  • Seeks and expands on original ideas, enhances others' ideas, and contributes own ideas about the issues at hand;
  • Places higher priority on team or organizational goals than on own goals;
  • Gains agreement from colleagues to support ideas or take team-orientated action;
Communication
  • Clearly conveys information and ideas to colleagues;
  • Interacts effectively with colleagues, employees and/or external parties to ensure a shared understanding is created;
  • Ensures that all written information is clear and concise;
Planning and Organisation
  • Effectively manages time to ensure that tasks are completed timeously and efficiently;
  • Identifies more critical and less critical activities and assignments and adjusts priorities when appropriate;
  • Makes preparation to ensure that work can be completed efficiently;
  • Effectively allocates own time to complete work;
  • Takes advantage of available resources to complete work efficiently;
  • Determines project/assignment requirements by breaking them down into tasks, identifying deadline dates, developing timelines and milestones to ensure timely completion;
  • Uses time effectively and prevents distractions from interfering with work completion;
Follow-up
  • Builds due dates into assignments and task delegations and communicates milestones and expected results;
  • Schedules effective meetings to review progress and share information; gets feedback on results from those directly involved;
  • Meets with management as and when required to review the results of scheduled projects and tasks;
Taking initiative
  • Takes appropriate action when confronted with a problem or when made aware of a situation;
  • Implements new ideas or potential solutions without prompting;
  • Takes action that goes beyond job requirements in order to achieve objectives
  • Takes action that goes beyond job requirements to achieve objectives.
Skills
  • Matric
  • Mechanical Engineering Diploma (All modules completed)
  • Requiring P1 & P2 Training (Preferable)
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office
  • Experience with computer-aided design (CAD) software
  • SolidWorks/AutoCAD (Preferable)
  • Effectively communicate with internal/external parties.
  • Ability to plan properly.
  • English - Excellent (Verbal & Written) Communication
  • This role encompasses both working in an office and the manufacturing facility / factory when necessary.

E2E Staffing

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